Oil can



A. F. s-nAFus OIL CAN Filed Aug. 5, 1925 ivvvvllilillf INVENTOR.

\ ANTON f? STRAFUS ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

UNiTED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

ANTON F. STBAFUS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLUTHER IR. MGGARVIN, OF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

OIL CAN.

Application filed August 5, 1926. Serial No. 127,211. A

This invention relates to the spout for an oil can or the like; and itis the object of the invention to provide an extremely simple butpractical arrangement whereby swinging the spout will open or close itsdischarge bore and permit the oil can being stored in a restricted spacewhen not in use.

It is a further object of the invention to securely retain the spout ineither its open or closed position and still' permit it being readilyswung to the opposite position, the construction being adapted for usein connection with an oil can of standard design and providing forreadily taking up wear in the pivotal bearing for the swinging spout.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Fig. 1 is a perspective view with the spout of an oil can swung toclosed position.

Fig. 2 is an axial section through an oil can with the spout swung toopen position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spout.

Fig. l is a transverse section on the line H of Fig. 2.

The invention is applicable to any oil can or other container adaptedfor discharge of its contents through a spout, and the invention isillustrated in connection with an oil can 1 of standard design, havingthe usual threaded neck 2 upon which the spout is mounted. I

The spout includes a closure means 3 threaded onto neck 2 and having anaxial discharge bore 4, and a concave bearing seat 5 at the outer end ofthe closure means is adapted to receive a spout 6 which is held in placeby a thimble 7, so that the discharge bore 8 of the spout may be swunginto or out of alinement with the bore 4.

As an instance of this arrangement the inner end of spout 6 forms aspherical bearing 10 journaled in the concave seat 5, and the bore ofthe spout opens through the sphere 10 so that when the spout is swunginto axial alinement with the closure means 3, the bores l and 8 are inalinement for discharge'o'f the contents of can 1, and when the spout isswung at right angles to the axis of closure means 3 as shown in Fig. 1and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the bore of the spout is closed to thebore 4 by the sphere 10.

The thimble 7 is threaded onto the outer end of the closure means 3 asshown at 11, and forms a concave bearing 12 received over the sphere 10,with the spout 6 projecting tirough an arcuate slot 13 in the side ofthe bearing and limited in its swing by the ends of the slot to positionthe spout ineither closed or open position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. p

In assembling the parts the spout 6 is projected through slot 13 so asto seat the sphere 10 in bearing 12, and the thimble 7 is then threadedonto closure means 3 so as to jour nal the sphere 10 between thebearings 5 and 12. By tightening the threaded connection 11, wear istaken up so as to maintain a frictional engagement whereby the spoutwill be held against accidental displacement in any position to which itis swung, while still permitting the spout to be readily swung by handto either open or close the bore of the spout.

lVhen the spout is swung to closed position the bore 4 is positivelyshut oil by the sphere 10 to prevent'leakage of oil, and swinging thespout to angular position when closed, provides for conveniently storingtheoil can in a space of limited height,a carpenters tool-box, forexample. The abutment formed by the end of slot 18 provides for exactalinement of the bore of the spout with the bore 4 when the spout isswung to open position, thereby providing for free and unobstructed flowof oil.

I claim:

Closure means for an oil can having a discharge neck, comprising anintegral memher having a bore opening therethrough with one end of theintegral member forming detachable engaging means adapted to engage theneck of the oil can and the opposite end or the integral member beingrecessed to form a semi-spherical concave-bearing seat surrounding thebore of the integral memher, a spout having a spherical bearing memberat its inner end with the bore of the spout opening through saidspherical bearing membeiythe said spherical bearing member being adaptedto fit snugly in the semi spherical concave bearing seat, and a thimbleadapted to be received over the spherical bearing member and forming aconcave semi-spherical bearing seat adapted for snug engagement with thespherical bearing memher, the integral closure member being by swingingthe spout relative to the closure formed With means for detachablyengaging member, and the thimble having an arcuate the thimble so as toretain the spherical bearslot, for the projecting spout to permit said10 ing member in snug engagement in its semiswinging of the spout. 5spherical concave bearing seats with the In testimony whereof he hasaflixecl his bores of the spout and integral closure m'em signature :tothis specification.

ber adapted for alinement or non-alinement ANTON' F. STRAFUS.

